Lazarus (1994)(Timsoft)(pl) Developed by Inflexion Development Released 1994 Platform Commodore 64 Published by TimSoft Perspective Side view Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Genre Action Gameplay Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Lazarus is a platform game, where you control a soldier whose mission is to collect 5 items scattered around 5 levels. You start the game in a small chamber; when you go to the right, you'll receive info about which item you must bring back, and a code to put...
Gridtrap (1983)(Livewire)[h SCI 666] Released 1983 Also For Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Plus/4, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum Published by LiveWire Software UK Perspective Top-down Interface Direct Control Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Gridtrap is a single screen game where you have to move around a grid of squares to get to bombs to defuse them before a timer reaches zero for each bomb. As you move, any square you move from disappears so careful planning of a...
Hi Bouncer (1984)(Mirrorsoft) Developed by H&H; Software Released 1984 Also For BBC Micro Published by Mirrorsoft Ltd. Perspective Side view Genre Action Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description In this action game with the Mr. Men characters from Roger Hargreaves' children's books you control the cartwheeling Mr. Bounce who has to help out various Mr. Men characters in distress. There are four main screens, each of which has eight versions which increase in difficulty; Screen 1: Mr. Tall...
Hideous Bill & the Gi Gants (1983)(Virgin Games) Platform Commodore 64 Released 1983 Published by Virgin Games, Ltd. Perspective Top-down Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Bill must save his girlfriend Greta from the gi-gants, giant ants who plan to turn her into ant food. The game is divided into three levels, with the objective being in each level to crush all the ant eggs in order to proceed to the next level. Three gi-gants roam around each level trying...
64 Luff v3.0 (19xx)(Grana) Platform Commodore 64 Released 1983 Published by Grana Software Pacing Turn-based Genre Strategy/Tactics Gameplay Board Game Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Point and Select Description 64Luff is a gomoku game. It's played on a 23 by 23 grid by one player against an AI opponent. The players take turns placing their o's and x's on the grid with the aim of getting five in a row. There are two game modes: normal and training. The training mode...
Bat Attack (1983)(Alligata Software) Developed by Alligata Software Ltd. Released 1983 Platform Commodore 64 Published by Alligata Software Ltd. Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Bat Attack is a Galaxian clone, in which you control a ship that must constantly move left and right firing at a series of bats that swoop down with your laser, while avoiding their bullets. The bats swoop down until they fly off the bottom of the screen...
Deflektor (1987)(Gremlin Graphics Software)[a] Developed by Vortex Software Released 1987 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X68000 Published by Gremlin Graphics Software Limited Perspective Top-down Interface Point and Select Genre Action, Puzzle Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description There's plenty of reflection in this game, in both senses of the word. That's because this strategic puzzler involves using mirrors to direct a beam of light across a...
Dr. Franky and the Monster (1984)(Virgin Games) Platform ZX Spectrum Released 1984 Published by Virgin España S.A. Genre Action Setting Fantasy Gameplay Arcade, Platform Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Direct Control Narrative Horror Description Dr. Franky has created a monster with the different body parts of several humans. Although he succeed in completing it, the abomination isn't human nor alive yet. To make this possible Dr. Franky has to collect 9 different...
Scuba Dive (1983)(Durell Software)[a] Developed by Durell Software Ltd. Released 1983 Also For Commodore 64, Oric Published by Durell Software Ltd. Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Take on the role of a fearless pearl diver, as you plunge into the unknown ocean depths! You'll be swimming with sharks, squid, jellyfish and all manner of strange and deadly creatures. When you find a clam, wait for its shell to open, then swoop down and grab...
Scumball (1988)(Bulldog) Developed by Software Creations Ltd. Released 1988 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Bulldog Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description The city's sewer system has been infested by monsters, and LINDA, a maintenance droid, has been sent down to flush them out with her laser gun. Different monsters have various effects on her: some will terminate LINDA on sight, while others simply drain her power. Her...
Last Vampire, The (1990)(Atlantis Software) Platform ZX Spectrum Released 1990 Published by Atlantis Software Limited Perspective Top-down Narrative Horror Genre Action Setting Fantasy Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description The last Vampire is 2D top down action adventure game. The player is a nameless warrior, who must kill Count Dracula. It's not an easy task, he must collect the right items - a stake and a silver hammer and of course, find the vampire lord. Our hero must fight against...
Slicker Puzzle (1983)(DK'Tronics)[16K] Released 1983 Also For BBC Micro, Commodore 64, VIC-20 Published by dk'tronics Perspective Top-down Genre Puzzle Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description The Slicker Puzzle is a puzzle game that is played on a 16 by 16 grid that show a pattern. Each square of the grid contains two triangles: one that is black and one that is of another colour. After choosing a skill level the grid is shuffled and the player's task is to recreate the original pattern of the...
Spookyman (1982)(Abbex Electronics) Platform ZX Spectrum Released 1982 Published by Abbex Electronics Ltd. Perspective Top-down Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Spookyman is a Pac Man clone for 1 or 2 players. The game consists of a maze around which the player maneuvers a sprite that looks like a chomping banana. Also in the maze are four different coloured ghosts that must be avoided, and standard spots, power-up spots and a special red spot all of which...
Trivial Pursuit - Questions 5 (1986)(Domark)[a] Developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises Ltd. Released 1986 Also For Amiga, Amiga CD32, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, CDTV, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, SEGA Master System, Thomson TO Published by Domark Limited Perspective Side view, Top-down Pacing Turn-based Genre Puzzle Gameplay Board Game, Game Show / Trivia / Quiz Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description This is the earliest home computer incarnation of Horn Abbot...
Vampire (1986)(Codemasters)[re-release of Phantomas 2] Released 1986 Platforms Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum Published by Dinamic Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description The mission in Vampire is rather obscure. The player must destroy the evil Count Dracula who is devastating the region. The nightmare scenario will be the castle of this malevolent personage. Throughout 95 horrifying rooms the player will be besieged by...
Valkyrie 17 (1984)(The Ramjam Corporation) Developed by RamJam Corporation, The Released 1984 Also For Commodore 64 Published by RamJam Corporation, The Perspective 1st-person, Text-based / Spreadsheet Narrative Spy / Espionage Genre Adventure Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description After listening to a message on your answering machine, you realise that something that you thought was over is now active. Valkyrie 17! You decide to...
Topic: Text adventures
Zolyx (1988)(Firebird Software)(Part 1 of 2) Released 1988 Also For Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64 Published by Firebird Software Perspective Top-down Interface Direct Control Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Zolyx is a Qix variant: the player is presented with a white playing field and controls a pixel. Whenever this pixel moves over the playfield, it leaves a line behind - and when the line becomes a closed form, it gets coloured....
Snow Queen, The (1986)(Mosaic Publishing) Developed by St. Bride's School Released 1986 Also For ZX Spectrum Published by Mosaic Publishing Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Setting Fantasy Genre Adventure Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description There is a looking glass which when looked through stops anything looking beautiful and makes anything ugly worse. The looking glass has smashed into pieces and scattered around the...
Zolyx (1987)(Firebird) Released 1987 Also For Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Plus/4, ZX Spectrum Published by Firebird Software Perspective Top-down Interface Direct Control Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Zolyx is a Qix variant: the player is presented with a white playing field and controls a pixel. Whenever this pixel moves over the playfield, it leaves a line behind - and when the line becomes a closed form, it gets coloured. The goal is to colour 75%...
Advanced Pinball Simulator (19xx)(Code Masters)(GB)[cr Mr. Bacardi][k-file] Released 1988 Also For Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum Published by Codemasters Perspective Top-down Genre Action, Simulation Gameplay Pinball Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Part of Codemasters' original budget-price range, this pinball game aimed to put fast & furious action first. The table design features extra flippers on both sides, which are at the bases of sections of features. The best scores...
Topic: ATRUtil k-file disks
Marauder (1982)(Sierra On-Line)(US)[Stage 1][k-file] Developed by Sierra On-Line, Inc. Released 1982 Also For Apple II Published by Sierra On-Line, Inc. Perspective Top-down Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter, Stealth Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description In the game you are descending to a fortified enemy base to eliminate its power stations. The plot unfolds during two stages. Stage 1 - Landing. You should pilot one of three jets to break through a set of...
Topic: ATRUtil k-file disks
Heist, The (1984)(Micro Fun) Developed by Livesay Computer Games, Inc. Released 1984 Also For Apple II, ColecoVision, FM-7, MSX, PC-88 Published by Micro Fun Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description As a cat burglar, it's up to you to collect all of the valuable paintings from each level while avoiding security systems, pits and robotic sentries which move back and forth. Each level is comprised of three floors and ladders connecting...
Injured Engine (1984)(Imagic) Developed by Imagic Released 1984 Also For Apple II Published by Imagic Interface Menu Structures Genre Educational, Simulation Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Injured Engine is an educational simulation game that teaches how a car engine works. The player's task is to test run a faulty engine, figure out what is wrong and then fix the problem. The main screen shows a cross section of the engine and by moving a cursor over it the player gets information on...
Election Trail (1984)(Braingame) Platform Commodore 64 Released 1984 Published by Braingames Pacing Turn-based Genre Strategy/Tactics Setting Contemporary, North America Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Menu Structures Description Election Trail allows you to campaign to become the President of the United States of America on behalf of the Republican Party while the computer or another player battles against you for the Democrat Party for 20 periods. The...
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Released 1979 Platform Arcade Developed by Exidy, Inc. Published by Exidy, Inc. Interface Direct control Perspective Top-down Vehicular Train Genre Action Visual Fixed / flip-screen Description The object of Side Trak is to clear each level by picking up all of the passengers standing by the tracks on the screen. You pick up people simply by passing them by, and when you switch tracks at certain points, it changes the course of the track. Switching tracks is important to prevent from colliding...
House Jack Built, The (1984)(Thor Computer Software) Released 1985 Also For ZX Spectrum Published by Thor Misc Licensed Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description After collecting heaps of treasures from his previous two adventures, Jack and the Beanstalk and Giant's Revenge , Jack was able to afford his own house which has several rooms, some basement rooms and caves, a garden, a large maze, and even a roof that leads up to the moon where there...
Qix (1982)(Atari)(US)[a][5200][k-file] Developed by Taito America Corporation Released 1982 Also For Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, DOS, FM-7, Game Boy, J2ME, Lynx, NES, Nintendo 3DS Published by Atari, Inc. Perspective Top-down Interface Direct Control Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description In this game, you guide a marker which must draw rectangles and other weird objects in order to claim your territory, and...
Topic: ATRUtil k-file disks
Super Fortuna (19xx)(Mirage)(PL)[a][k-file] Platform Atari 8-bit Released 1993 Published by Mirage Software Perspective Side view, Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Puzzle Gameplay Game Show / Trivia / Quiz, Word Construction Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Super Fortuna is a video game based on the TV game show Wheel of Fortune. Players take turns guessing letters to form a word or a saying. It can be played with up to three players. They have the option of playing with or without computer...
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Pipe Mania (1989)(Empire)[h Metallibusters] Developed by Assembly Line, The Released 1990 Also For Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Arcade, Atari ST, BBC Micro, DOS, Electron, Game Boy, Macintosh, NES, PC-88, PC-98, SAM Coupé, Sharp X68000, SNES, Windows 3.x, ZX Spectrum Published by Empire Software Pacing Real-Time Genre Puzzle Gameplay Falling Block Puzzle Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Point and Select Description Each level of this...
Hard Hat Mack (1983)(Electronic Arts)(US)[req OSa] Released 1983 Also For Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 64, PC Booter Published by Electronic Arts, Inc. Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Hard Hat Mack is a platform game similar in concept to Donkey Kong . The player controls a worker who must complete specific objectives in a construction site while avoiding enemies and trying not to run out of time. The game has three...
Mario Bros. (1983)(Atari)(US)[5200][req OSb] Developed by Nintendo Co., Ltd. Released 1983 Also For Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC-88, Wii, Wii U, ZX Spectrum Published by Atari, Inc. Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Mario and Luigi, the best plumbers in the world, have a real job on their hands. A host of characters have taken over...
Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(US)[h][k-file] Developed by Brøderbund Software, Inc. Released 1983 Also For Amstrad CPC, Android, Apple II, Arcade, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, FM-7, iPhone, J2ME, Macintosh, MSX, NES, PC-6001, PC-8000, PC-88, PC-98, PC Booter, Sharp X1, SG-1000, VIC-20, Wii, Wii U, Windows Phone, WonderSwan, ZX Spectrum Published by Brøderbund Software, Inc. Perspective Side view Interface Direct Control Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Platform Visual Fixed /...
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Plumb Crazy! (1984)(Terminal Software) Platform Commodore 64 Released 1984 Published by Terminal Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Plumb Crazy! is a single screen game viewed from an elevated angle where you play the role of George the Plumber who has to stop the pressure building up in a hot water tank over various levels. To do this, George has to lay pipes from a valve in the bottom left of the screen to the tank in the top...
Space Walk (1985)(Mastertronic) Released 1984 Also For MSX, ZX Spectrum Published by Mastertronic Ltd. Perspective Side view Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description In this space game the player steers an astronaut to collect the stray satellite that is roaming in space. To do this he has to avoid or shoot the asteroids and other spacemen. Once it has been collected, the player has to keep his finger on the trigger to take the...
Suspended (1984)(Infocom)(Side A) NOTE: This emulation has multiple disk images. To switch between them, press ALT-8 and select among the .d64 filenames to load that floppy into the drive. Developed by Infocom, Inc. Released 1983 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 16, Plus/4, CP/M, DOS, Macintosh, PC Booter, Tatung Einstein, TI-99/4A, TRS-80 Published by Commodore Electronics Ltd. Genre Adventure Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Gameplay Interactive...
Jet Set Willy (1985)(Software Projects) Also For Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Electron, iPad, iPhone, Memotech MTX, MSX, Tatung Einstein, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum Released 1985 Published by Software Projects Ltd. Developed by Software Projects Ltd. Genre Action Gameplay Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Perspective Side view Description Cult hero Matthew Smith followed up Manic Miner with a seminal platform game. Having struck...
Mario Bros (1987)(Ocean) Developed by Nintendo Co., Ltd. Released 1987 Also For Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC-88, Wii, Wii U, ZX Spectrum Published by Ocean Software Ltd. Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Mario and Luigi, the best plumbers in the world, have a real job on their hands. A host of characters have taken over the sewers,...
Omega Race (1982)(Commodore) Developed by Midway Mfg. Co. Released 1982 Also For Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, VIC-20 Published by Commodore Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Vehicular Space Flight Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description This is a remake of a Bally-Midway arcade game. You control a spaceship and shoot down the enemy "Droid" ships that attack you. Your ship must survive Droid-dropped mines too--but you can shoot...
Questprobe 3 Fantastic Four (1985)(Adventure International)[h ASS] Developed by Adventure International Released 1985 Also For Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, DOS, Electron, ZX Spectrum Published by All American Adventures Misc Licensed Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Adventure Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description The 3rd installment of Questprobe's Marvel Comic book text adventures with graphics. Free Alicia Masters from the evil...
Rogue (1988)(Mastertronic) Released 1988 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Android, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, DOS, GP2X, GP32, Linux, Macintosh, Mainframe, Roku, TRS-80 CoCo, ZX Spectrum Published by Mastertronic Ltd. Pacing Turn-based Genre Role-Playing (RPG) Setting Fantasy Gameplay Roguelike Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Direct Control Description Rogue is a turn-based dungeon crawler in which the player controls an adventurer who must explore the dangerous Dungeon of...
Satans Hollow (1984)(Commodore)[h 2703] Developed by Bally Midway Mfg Co. Released 1984 Also For Arcade, Browser Published by Commodore Business Machines, Inc Perspective Side view Setting Fantasy Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Satan's Hollow is a fixed screen shoot 'em up that instead of the typical space setting of the genre involves fighting the devil and his minions. The gameplay is similar to Galaga or Moon Cresta with the enemies (most...
Spike's Peak (1984)(HesWare)[h ASS] Developed by Xonox Released 1984 Also For Atari 2600, VIC-20 Published by HesWare Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Spike's Peak is an action game where you need to climb to the top of a mountain! Gameplay takes place on five different screens. The first screen shows you approaching the mountain; you begin here each time you start a game or lose a life. All you need to do is walk up the path to begin the...
Star Rank Boxing II (1987)(Gamestar) Developed by The Softworks Factory Released 1987 Also For Apple II, DOS Published by Activision, Inc. Perspective Side view Sport Boxing Genre Sports Gameplay Fighting, Managerial / Business Simulation Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Create a fighter and take him to the top of the Heavyweight, Middleweight or Welterweight divisions in this boxing simulation. Before each fight you have a set number of weeks to train - combine two types of bag with...
Zeppelin Rescue (1982)(Intercept Software) Developed by Intercept Software Released 1983 Platform Commodore 64 Published by Computer Software Associates Perspective Side view Genre Action Setting North America Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description In Zeppelin Rescue the player is the pilot of a blimp that has to pick up stranded people and bring them to safety. The setting is Los Angeles which is made up of five side view screens which the player flies between. The blimp is moved around with...
Game for MS-DOS. Developed by Windmill Software Platform PC Booter Published by Windmill Software Released 1982 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description In Floppy Frenzy , players guide a floppy disk through a maze, being careful to avoid dust and magnets. Players can trap magnets in a trap, while using traps on dust will reduce the dust and make it harmless. Be warned though, as magnets get free after a while or if they touch another trap after...
Topic: MS-DOS games
Developed by Rudeware Platform DOS Released Jun 26, 1987 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Narrative Adult Description Setting the scene for a shoot-'em-up game is always a stiff proposition and never anywhere more so than here: due to hitherto unknown properties of hamster urine leeching into the water supply, humanity is rendered telepathic and besieged by enormous symbols of repressed desire and Freudian hang-ups. Proving once again that...
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Also For Commodore 64 Developed by Softie, Inc. Published by ShareData, Inc. Released 1989 Genre Puzzle Pacing Turn-based Gameplay Board Game, Cards / Tiles, Game Show / Trivia / Quiz, Mental training, Tile Matching Puzzle Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Misc Licensed Description Concentration was a popular game show in the mid-to-late 1980s, and this game was adapted from that television program. The sequel, Classic Concentration 2nd Edition, features the same interface with even more puzzles to...
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Developed by Computer Puzzles Unlimited, Inc. Platform DOS Released 1994 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Computer Puzzles Unlimited is a single-player, shareware, compendium of puzzles consisting of fifty-seven puzzles of which there are one or more in each of the following categories: Anagram Word Find: this is a Word Find puzzle but the words have been 'anagrammed' making the puzzle much harder to...
Also For Windows Released 1993 Genre Action, Puzzle, Strategy/Tactics Gameplay Arcade, Board Game Perspective Top-down Interface Direct Control Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description In the near future, gangland crime runs rampant. And you and up to three other friends are fighting to become the boss of the criminal underworld in a small city. You must commit various crimes, such as burglary, pickpocketing, robbery, kidnapping, assassination, and smuggling to climb through the ranks. Each type...
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Official Site Cybersphere Plus Platforms Amiga, DOS Developed by Psycon Software Published by Psycon Software Released Jul 06, 1995 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Paddle / Pong Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Cybersphere Plus is an updated version of Cybersphere featuring completely new, more challenging levels. The core playing mechanics are the same as in the original Cybersphere . Cybersphere Plus was distributed via the Apogee shareware model. The game is broken into five...
